Michel not saying you should do it like that just showing how can be done.
be good;)

>>Michel then you can always do
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>>dim str as string = "en-US" or "en-CA" or "pt-PT" or "es-ES" or getuserculturename function
>>Dim userCulture as New CultureInfo(str, false)
>>dim formatStr as string = "d" or "D" or getuserdatepreference function
>>lcdate = datevar.ToString(formatStr, userCulture)
>>

>>so this will display base on the user country culture and on user date preference shortdate, long date, or even custom format.
>
>This is good to know we can do it like that as well but that setting in the applications we support is not based on the country.